The Royal Mounds – Kungshögarna

The Royal mounds (Swedish: Kungshögarna) is the name for the three large barrows which are located in Gamla Uppsala. According to ancient mythology and folklore, it would be the three gods Thor, Odin and Freyr lying in Kungshögarna or Uppsala högar (from the Old Norse word Haugr meaning mound or barrow).In the 19th and 20th centuries, they were speculated to hold the remains of three kings of the legendary House of Ynglings and where thus known by the names Aun’s Mound, Adil’s Mound and Egil’s Mound. Today their geographical locations are instead used and they are called the Eastern mound, Middle Mound and Western Mound.